Françoise Dorléac

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watched Cul-de-Sac last night. she was so gorgeous and funny in it.

from wikipedia.org

She was the daughter of screen actor Maurice Dorléac and elder sister of the now better-known catherine deneuve. The two sisters starred together in the 1967 musical, Les demoiselles de Rochefort.
She was made famous by Philippe de Broca's movie L'homme de Rio, François Truffaut's La Peau Douce and Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac, but her career was cut short by her tragic death in a car crash at the age of 25.
Dorléac was killed when she crashed her car ten miles from Nice. She had been en route to Nice airport when her Renault sports car hit a signpost at the end of the Esterel-Cote d'Azur auto-route, flipped over, and burst into flames. Dorléac was seen struggling to get out of the car, but was unable to open the door. Police later identified her body only from the fragment of a cheque book, a diary and her driving licence. She was 27 years-old.

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PHOTOGRAPHED BY HELMUT NEWTON.

 

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her modelling years...

 

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with sister catherine deneuve...

 

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color!

 

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with sister catherine once again...

 

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I hope the amount of pics doesnt get on your nerves...I tried to do a selection..and failed.

family photo...

 

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finale

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...she was beautiful. and so versatile.

 

[1karina1]

MulletProof thank you so much for starting this thread on the beautiful Francoise Dorleac.
You have managed to amass quite a selection of pics, I'm so impressed since they are so hard to come by these days.

Here's my favourite pic of Francoise, from www.rollingstone.de

 

[1karina1]

Click on this link to watch Francoise in motion at the Cannes Film Festival 1964. She's so beautiful dancing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHoc5T3n8Mo&search=catherine deneuve

 

[helena]

beautiful.....thanks!

 

[1karina1]

Pics from www.fashionstate.com

 

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I cannot wait to see 'Les Demoiselles de Rochfort', when available in UK. Catherine and Francoise in one film, in a colourful musical? Sounds fantastic! Here are pics from the film (www.fashionstate.com)

 

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This is my other absolute favourite picture of Francoise and Catherine. Same source.

 

[MulletProof]

you're welcome helena and karina, (i love the youtube video, and the pics you have posted so far )

 

[Estella*]

thank you from me, too, mullet!
she has a very special beauty and there's wit, too, something i never see in her sister's face. wonderful pictures

 

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la peau douce (truffaut)

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from amazon